Culture Desk
A musical programme fused with tunes of Ghazals was held on December 3 at Alliance Fran�aise de Dhaka. It was performed by Ivy Benarjee and Manzurul Islam Khan. Abul Kalam Azad, Managing Director, Bangladesh Songbad Sangstha graced the occasion as chief guest. A. M. M. Farhad, Additional Managing Director, Social Islamic Bank Ltd. also attended the program as special guest.
Ivy Banerjee is a promising classical vocalist from Kolkata. She began her music lessons at the tender age of 3 under the tutelage of her mother Tapati Banerjee. After that, she received music lessons from Amal Mukherjee and from Bharati Kar Choudhury. Throughout the last ten years, she has been getting her music lessons from Professor Nihar Ranjan Banerjee. She has also received training from Late Bidushi Sipra Bose.
Manzurul Islam Khan started his singing journey from Chhayanaut and also completed advanced course in classical music, Master in Music from Bombay University, India. He received further talim from Ustad Azad Rahman, Ustad Sanjib Dey, Aminul Haque, Ustad Amjad Rahman in Bangladesh and Ustad Usman Khan, Ustad Sanjoy Chawkbarty in India.
